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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK W. TIE'SING AND SAMUEL V. KENNEDY, OF NEW HAVEN, CONN.

MAGAZl'N EFlRE-AR-M.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 225,664, dated March16, 1880. Application filed February 2, 1880. I

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it"known that we, FRANK W.T1nsme and SAMUEL V. KENNEDY, of New Haven,in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a newImprovement in Magazine Fire-Arms; and we do hereby declare thefollowing, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings andthe letters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and-exactdescription of the same, and which said drawings constitute part of thisspecification, and represent, in-.-

a Figure '1, side view; Fig. 2, longitudinal section with the parts intheir normal condition; Fig. 3, longitudinal section, illustrating theoperation of the parts Figs, 4., 5, and 6, detached views.

This invention relates to an improvement in that class ofmagaZIn'e-armsin wh'icli the magazine is arranged longitudinallybeneatli the barrel, and in which a longitudinally moving breech-pieceand the carrier are both operatedby means of a lever from below, theprincipal object of this. invention being to charge the magazine throughthe frame when the operative parts arein their normal condition; and itconsists in the construction, as hereinafter described, and particularlyrecited in the claims.

A represents the receiver, to the forward endof which the barrel Bisattached in the usual manner, and beneath the barrel the mag azine O isattached in like manner, and provided with the usual spring andfollower.

.D is the longitudinally-moving breech-piece or bolt carrying thefiring-pin a, arranged in similar manner to the firing-pin in'bolt-guns,and so that when the breechpiece D has been thrown back and again movedforward the firin g-pin will be engaged by the trigger b in the usualmanner for this class of firing-pins, too well known to require furtherdescription ,in this specification.

E isthe operating-lever, hungv upon a pivot, d, one arm serving as thetrigger-guard, the othra'rm', F, extending up into the receiver,

and so thatwhen the breech pieceis in its closed position and the leverreturned to its place, the end of the arm. F comesdown in rear of ashoulder, F, on the breech-piece to lock the breech-piecein place andhold it against recoil, as seen in Figs. 2 and 4..

()nthe side of the breech-piece a cam-link, G, is pivoted, as at c, andso as to move back and forth with the-breech-piece. In one face of thecam-link G is a groove, as indicated in the edge of the cam g. The shapeof the groove in the link, as shown, is such that the link may turnuntil the arm F of the lever has -.Passed away from. the shoulder F onthe breech-piece; and during this movement of the link the cam y bearsagainst the projection h on the firing-pin, and starts it back, asindicated in broken lines, Fig. 2; then the arm F, being free'from theshoulder F, permits the breech-piece to begin to move at the same time.The link G continues its turning until the shoulder ithereon strikes acorresponding shoulder, l, on the breech-piece, as seen inFig.

3, at which time the projection h falls offfronr and against theshoulder m of the cam, so as to securely lock the link between theshoulder l of the breech-piece and the projection h on the firing-pin;From this point the lever acts on the link as if it vere a rigid part ofthe breech-piece, and throws the. breech-piece'to its extreme rearposition, as seen in brokenlines, Fig. 3. Then, when the lever is turnedin the opposite direction to close the breechpiece, the link will bestill heldnn'til the' notch n on the firing-pin engages the shoulder onthe trigger in like manner as the firing-pin or hammer of such armsengages the trigger. The firing-pin being thus held, the breech-piecewill continue itsmovement. The shoulder m of the cam passes off from thefiring-pin at the time when the breech-piece is so far closed as topermit the end of the arm to come down behind the shoulder F, and thislast movement of the arm F brings the link G back to its position, asseen in Fig. 1.

It will thus be seen that shouldithe trigger too fail to catch thefiring-pin the link cannot suitable device." It is also provided withthe Well-known spring-extractor 1-, so as to engage the flange of thecartridge when the breechpiece is closed, andldraw it out when thebreech-piece is drawn back, in the usual man- The carrier-H is hung uponthe same pivot d as the lever E, and when the-breech-piece is closedlies'in rear of andbelowthe magazine 0, as seen in Figs.'-2 and 3, sothatjif permitted, the rear cartridge, L, in the magazine will pass ontothe. carrier, its head striking an abutment, "El, when it has entirelypassed from. the magazine, and is in position to be transferred to thebarrel.

Atv the hub of the lever E a shoulder, s, is formed on the lever, andialike shou1der,'t, on the carrier, but distant from the shoulder s, asseen in Fig. 2, so that the shoulder s of the lever does not strike theshouldert of the carrier until the breech-piece approaches its ex tremcrear position. 'Then,-during the last part of the movement of the leverE and breechpiece,the shoulders s and t being engaged, the carrier willbe raised, as seen in broken lines, Fig. 3, and transfer the cartridgeto a position between the forward end of the breechpiece and the rearopen end of the barrel, as seen in broken lines, and so that when thebreech-piece is again moved forward, as before described, the cartridgewill be moved forward from off the carrier into the barrel, and duringthe last part of the forward movement of the lever the arm ,F strikes ashoulder, u, onthe carrier and returns it to itsnormal posit-ion, readyfor a second cartridge. in the magazine.

To hold the carrier up while the lever is coming forward a spring, N, isarranged to catch into a notch, 0, inthe hub of the carrier, as seen inFig. 3, but so that when the arm F strikes the shoulder a it will easilyturn the carrier from the hold of the spring N.

The magazine is charged through an opening, M, in the ,side of thereceiver, the said opening being closed by a spring-cover, P,

which also serves as a guide for introducing the cartridges in similarmanner to other sidecharging magazines.

To prevent the return of the cartridges aftcr they have been introducedin the magazine until the proper time, a lever,- t, is hung in-thereceiver at one side of the carrier upon a pivot, 00, its forward end,y, standing directly in rear of the head of the last cartridge,

Consequently the firingpin' fully inserted in the magazine, and isprovided with a spring, T, which holds the forward end, 1 up in thatposition, but permits'the lever to turnfdownward on. its pivot, .as seenin brokenlines, Fig. 2, so as to escape from'the head of the cartridge;home, 'When the cartridges are introduced in the magazine theirdheadswill successively pass over the end y of thel-everlt and come in frontof it, as seen in Fig. 3, and will be held in that position by the lever1t until,'in the rear movement ofthe breech-piece, a projection, a,thereon strikes an'i'nclinqbflon the lever It, as seen in Fig. 3, anddepresses the lever, as seen in broken lines, Fig. 2, so as to free thecartridge,

breech-piece, and thence following the breechpiece until its headstrikes the abutment H on the carrier, as before described. Theprojection a on the breech-piece passes off from theincline I) on thelever B before "the cartridge has entirely left the magazine; hence thelever will be thrown upward, so as to be in position to come in rear ofthe next cartridge, and there will stand until again released. As theprojection a on the breechpiece passes over the same point I) in itsforward movement as, it did in its rear movement, the same depression ofthe lever occurs; but to prevent therear movement of the cartridgewlreusuch depression occurs the carrier begins its descent before theend 3 of the lever B passes oii' from the head of the cartridge, and inso doing the downward projection d on the forward end of the carriercomes in front of the head of the cartridge, and thus thelever R isreturning.

, To eject the cartridge-shell, or cartridge, if it be not fired, it isfirst drawn out by the extractor on the breech-piece eugagingthe head onone side, as seen in Fig. 5, until near the extreme rearnnovement of thebreech-piece, when the rear of the opposite edge of the head strikes'a'stationary shoulder or stud, f, on that side of the receiver; then,as the breechpiece completes its movement, one side of the cartridgerests against the shoulder f, while the other is held to thebreech-piece by the extractor T, which throws the cartridge transverselythrough-an opening, A, in the frame, immediately over theloadingopening, and-as seen in Fig. 5. A groove, n, is made in the sideof the breech-piece, to pass over the stud or projection f.

To prevent'the possibility of the cartridge, which is presented in frontof the breech-piece by the. movement "of the carrier, accidentallypassing out through the opening A, the end of the carrier has anupward-projecting lip, h, onthat side next the opening, and so that whenit is up and the cartridge resting upon it, as seen in Fig. 6, also inbroken lines Fig. 3, the lip h lies between the forward end of thecartridge and the opening, while the extractor has a similar position atthe rear holds it while the carrier ispassing down and IIO end; hence,while the carrier is up and the cartridge upon it, it cannot by anypossibility turn outward through the opening A. The

said opening Apermits the barrel to be loaded directly therethrough,instead of from the magazine, so that the magazine-cartridges may beheld in reserve and the armused as a breech-loader.

The arrangement of the link G with the breech-piece-and operating-levermay be used in a breech-loading arm without the magazine and carrier.

1 claim- 1. llhe combination, with the longitudinallymoving breech-pieceand a firing-pin or hammer arranged therein, of the grooved link G,pivoted to the breech-piece, constructed with the cam g upon'its edge,and the operating-lever, substantially as and for the purpose described.

7 2. The combination, with the longitudinallymoving breech-piece and afiring-pin or hammer arranged therein, of the grooved link Gr,pivot-ed'to the breech-piece, constructed with the cam 9 upon its edge,and the operatingdescribed, to engage the breech-piece and said lever,whereby said lever is depressedby the rear movement of the breech-piece,substantially as and for the purpose specified.

4. In a magazine fire-arm having the magazine arranged longitudinallybeneath the barrel, the receiver constructed with an opening in its sidefor charging the magazine, with the lever It, arranged to catch and 1hold the cartridges as they are introddced into the magazine, andmechanism, substantially such as described, to engage the breech-pieceand said lever, whereby said lever is depressed by the rear movement ofthe breech'-piece,'so as to permit the rear cartridge of the magazine topass onto the carrier, and the carrier H, hung in its side for chargingthe magazine, with the lever B, arranged to catch and holdthecar tridgesas theyare introduced into the magazine, and a connection between thebreech-piece and said lever, whereby the cartridges: are released by therear movement of the breechpiece,'.so as to permitthe rear cartridge ofthe magazine to pass onto 'the carrier, and the carrier lI-L'hun g upona pivot of theoperatinglever and shoulders thereon, so that the carrieris raised during the last part of the rear movement of the breech-piece,and dropped during the last part of the forward movement of thebreech-piece, with a lip, h,-on the ejecting side of the carrier,substantially as described.

6. In a magazine fire-arm having the magazine arranged longitudiliallybeneath the barrel, the receiver constructed with an opening iii itsside for chargingthe magazine, with-the lever B, arranged to catch andhold the car- .tridges as they are introduced into the magazine, and aconnection between the breech-.

piece and said lever whereby the cartridges are released by the rearmovement of'the breech-piece, so as to permit the rear cartridge of themagazine to pass onto the carrier, and

the carrier H, hung upon a pivot of the oper- 1 ating-lever andshoulders thereon, so that the carrier is raised during the last part ofthe rear movement of the breech-piece and dropped 'duringthe last partof the forward movement of the breech pie'ce, with a lip, h, on theejecting side of the carrier, and a downward projection, a, on theforward end of the carrier. substantially as described.

' FRANK W. TIESING.

SAMUEL V. KENNEDY.

Witnesses: JOHN E. EARL'E, J 0s. .0. EARLE.

